Brooking Cemetery Section 33, Township 49, Range 32W Abstract records show that the land on which Brooking Cemetery is located, was entered by James Kimsey from the Government, December 10, 1831. James Kimsey and his wife, Hannah Kimsey, deeded it to Alvin Brooking, April 13, 1839, “eight hundred acres, more or less,” for a consideration of $5,000.00.

The first burial was that of Mrs. John Herndon, a relative of Judge Brooking, in 1844. Mrs. Marcus Pendleton recalls that an old neighbor related the incident of one morning meeting Alvin Brooking with an ax over his shoulder. He said there had been a death in the family and he was going out to locate a burying ground. He said there had been a death in the family and he was going out to locate a burying ground. The Brooking slaves built a stone wall around the plot. The wall is still standing, and marks the original burying grounds.

Alvin Brooking had three children - a son, Henry C. Brooking; two daughters, Serena Brooking, who married William C. Debord, and after his death married Logan Pendleton; and Mary Brooking, who married John T. Campbell.

Alvin Brooking died November 30, 1857, and his son, Henry C. Brooking, in accordance with his father's request, completed the wall and cared for the cemetery. There are twenty members of the family and two slaves buried within the inclosed plot. In later years a few friends were buried outside the family burying ground.

Henry C. Brooking inherited this land, and in order to protect the graves, formed the Brooking Cemetery Association, and deeded five acres to the Association. A Charter was granted the Association by the State, May 8, 1894. The By-laws for the Association were adopted by the Trustees at their first annual meeting, June 5, 1894. “The Trustees of the Brooking Cemetery Association met in first regular meeting at Raytown, Jackson County, Missouri, this, the first Saturday in November, 1894, and proceeded to elect officers for said association for the ensuing year. The Ballot being taken resulted in the election of Henry C. Brooking as President, John T. Campbell as Secretary, Robert Pendleton as Treasurer.” (This record was copied from the Association minute book.)

After platting the land, Henry C. Brooking gave a lot to each of his nephews and nieces, and also to some of his friends. After his death, his widow deeded the adjoining thirty-five acres to the Cemetery Association.

After the organization of the Cemetery Association, the Brooking Cemetery was open to the public, and bodies from several of the old pioneer family burying grounds were removed to this cemetery.

Adams, Mary, wife of Isaac Adams, d: Dec. 5, 1877; age 86 years
Alcock, Mary, wife of A. G. Dennis, b: March 17, 1835, d: May 2, 1900
Allen, W. M., b: Aug. 10, 1837, d: Sept. 30, 1897
Anderson, Rev. J. O., b: 1835, d: 1888 (father)
Anderson, Louisa D., b: 1837, d: 1918 (mother)
Anthony, Rua Catherine, b: 1840, d: 1923
Anthony, David L., b: 1842, d: 1915
Argo, Moses B., b: Sept. 28, 1822, d: Dec. 28, 1898

Ballenger, James B., b: 1831, d: 1917
Ballenger, Camileet (wife), b: 1832, d: 1916
Barrett, Robert W., d: June 10, 1880; age 47 years, 5 months, 20 days; he was removed from the Lane Burying
Ground, August 19, 1932
Betts, William, b: 1835, d: 1908
Betts, Elizabeth, b: 1838, d: 1920
Bishop, Thomas F., b: June 25, 1849, d: Aug. 15, 1866; he was first buried in Thomas Cemetery
Blume, Christina E., b: Aug. 13, 1845, d: April 4, 1932
Brauninger, Gottlog John, b: 1844, d: 1928
Clara Eugenie, b: 1847, d: 1928
Braun, Gustav A., b: 1844, d: 1928
Braun, Mary H., b: 1846, d: 1922
Brody, T. J., b: 1847, d: 1924
Brooking, Alvan, b: March 7, 1796, d: Nov. 30, 1857; age 61 years, 8 months, 23 days
“In Civil Life and Upright Judge,
And an _______ State Senator”
Brooking, Frances C., wife of A. Brooking, d: April 27, 1892; age 91 years, 7 months, 9 days
Brooking, Jula A., b: Dec. 9, 1829, d: Aug. 1, 1847
Brooking, Robert W., d: Jan. 8, 1854; age 27 years, 3 months, 21 days
Brooking, Martha J., wife of Robert W. Brooking, d: Nov. 7, 1848; age 20 years
Brooking, John S., d: March 3, 1841; age 22 years, 8 months, 19 days
Brooking, Wallace U., d: Nov. 18, 1840; age 18 years, 14 days
Brooking, Henry Clay b: in Scott Co., Ky., April 23, 1832, d: May 18, 1901
Elyira F., wife of H. C. Brooking, b: Aug. 19, 1849, d: Oct. 8, 1922

Campbell, Benjamin A., Co. “E” 45th Mo. Inf. b: Jan. 22, 1847, d: May 30, 1914
Campbell, John W., d: March 19, 1855; age 45 years, 4 months, 4 days
Campbell, Mary L., wife of John W. Campbell, d: Aug. 7, 1858; age 38 years, 4 months, 23 days
Cassell, George W., b: May 24, 1838, d: June 25, 1909
Coleman, W. W., b: May 25, 1842, d: Aug. 1, 1905
Cook, Enoch B. b: Feb. 23, 1823, d: Aug. 10, 1899
Nancy Ann, wife of Enoch Cook, b: Aug. 1, 1826, d: April 26, 1899
Crouse, Jacob, b: March 4, 1844, d: Aug. 7, 1914
Mary D., his wife, b: Dec. 30, 1850, d: Jan. 22, 1922

Debord, William C., d: Jan. 5, 1860; age 37 years, 1 months, 15 days
Debord, Susan A., daughter of W. C. and S. Debord; age 1 year, 2 months, 15 days
Dehoney, Leander M., b: Dec. 28, 1825, d: Aug. 20, 1910
Dehoney, Sarah, wife of L. M. Dehoney, b: Feb. 25, 1835, d: July 9, 1906
Duncan, Emory, b: Nov. 28, 1833, d: July 9, 1903
Duvall, Adelaide, wife of Silas L. Duvall, b: March 27, 1836, d: Nov. 16, 1907

Faulconer, Nelson, b: Aug. 21, 1819, d: Jan. 29, 1987
Fellers, Alonzo, b: Oct. 7, 1845, d: Dec. 18, 1905
Finch, M. A., b: 1841, d: 1913
Frost, James M., b: 1835, d: 1917
Frost, Charlotte J. b: 1846, d: 1918

Gault, James A., b: Feb. 26, 1842, d: Jan. 28, 1929
Gault, Rebecca Jane, wife of James A. Gault, b: Dec. 16, 1842, d: May 7, 1907
Goodwin, William, b: 1841
Green, Gilbert L., b: 1847, d: 1928
Guleman, Martha E., b: May 8, 1848, d: May 14, 1921

Harrill, Napoleon S., d: July 25, 1903; age 57 years, 6 months
Sarah E. Wood, b: June 17, 1850, d: Nov. 14, 1923
Herndon, Catherine, wife of John Herndon, d: Sept. 18, 1844, in the 77th year of her age
Holder, Joseph N., d: Nov. 23, 1893; age 63 years, 1 month, 13 days
Arreta J., wife of J. N. Holder, d: Feb. 2, 1869; age 35 years, 9 months, 22 days
House, J. T., b: 1838 d: 1924
Alice, his wife, b: 1869, d: 1900
Hudgens, Mollie, b: 1848, d: 1917
Hunter, S. R., b: May 22, 1815, d: Feb. 9, 1901
Julia A., his wife, b: Jan. 10, 1825, d: Aug. 23, 1921
Hutchinson, Thomas H., b: 1843, d: 1916
Hussey, Daniel, b: Nov. 4, 1830, d: March 7, 1902
Mary C., wife of Daniel Hussey, b: June 10, 1840, d: April 8, 1904
Hyde, M. A., b: Jan. 24, 1842, d: Nov. 27, 1906

Jackson, James, b: 1848, d: 1929

Knight, William A., b: 1843, d: 1911
Mary A., b: 1848, d: 1931
Kritser, Henry Clay, d: June 12, 1932; age 88 years
Elizabeth, wife of H. C. Kritser, b: July 28, 1845, d: Oct. 2, 1915

LaCross, Maurice, b: April 15, 1835, d: July 27, 1906
Lane, Frances, b: 1845, d: 1923
Larison, Rosana, b: 1825, d: 1915
Leach, father, b: 1843, d: 1925
Leach, mother, b: 1848, d: 1899
Lewis, William F., b: 1845, d: 1924
Lewis, Louisa E., b: 1851, d:1931

McCormick, O. A. b: March 29, 1838, d: Nov. 15, 1909
E. F. wife of O. A. McCormick, b: Feb. 19, 1842, d: June 23, 1923
McCormick, Elizabeth, wife of J. F. McCormick, b: Feb. 10, 1831, d: July 31, 1901
McCraw, George, d: Sept. 7, 1893; age 84 years. He is buried beside his mother who died many years before.
Their graves are unmarked.
McCraw, Sarah Hendrix, other of George McCraw, and wife of Major William McCraw, of Halifax County, Virginia
McInteer, E. T., b: Dec. 18, 1822, d: March 14, 1899
McInteer, D. V. b: Dec. 14, 1834, d: Aug. 8, 1913
McKeever, J. B., b: 1838, d: 1917
McKeever, Sarah, wife of J. B. McKeever, b: 1841, d: 1923

Miller, Joseph, b: Dec. 10, 1846, d: April 28, 1913
Morris, C. M., b: March 10, 1835, d: May 24, 1903
Moses, Argo, b: Sept. 28, 1822, d: Dec. 28, 1898

Nixon, Isaiah W., b: 1848, d: 1929
Noland, date, b: 1847, d: 1925
Noland, Sarah C., wife of G. M. Noland, d: Nov. 5, 1874; age 26 years, 11 months, 22 days

Ochser, Michael, b: Nov. 17, 1837, d: Jan. 9, 1921
Louisa Ellen, b: Oct. 20, 1842, d: Dec. 4, 1924
Overstreet, James R., d: April 22, 1899; age 73 years, 10 months, 14 days

Pendleton, Alfred, b: Dec. 23, 1838, d: Dec. 8, 1898
Permelia, wife of Alfred Pendleton, b: Aug. 15, 1842, d: April 28, 1910
Pendleton, William, b: Jan. 26, 1841, d: Jan. 27, 1914
Levina B. wife of William Pendleton, b: Nov. 27, 1843, d: Feb. 28, 1921
Pendleton, Logan, b: Dec. 30, 1830, d: March 30, 1903
Pendleton, Serena M., b: Feb. 1, 1834, d: May 26, 1904

Read, Margaret, wife of J. L. Reed, d: Sept. 15, 1893; age 75 years, 3 months, 15 days
Redford, John H., b: Feb. 14, 1848, d: Nov. 23, 1914
Renick, George, b: 1816, d: 1880
Renick, Partheia, b: 1839, d: 1925
Rhoades, Susan A., b: Aug. 12, 1838, d: Sept. 20, 1916
Rice, Ella, b: Aug. 20, 1855, d: Aug. 31, 1895
Rice, James W., b: March 10, 1849, d: May 23, 1930
Rice, William B., b: Oct. 6, 1831, d: Aug. 22, 1911
Rice, Experience Hewitt, b: Nov. 16, 1832, d: Aug. 6, 1891

Sechrest, Newton J., b: Nov. 18, 1850, d: Dec. 7, 1920
Sellers, Elijah M., b: 1835, d: 1916
Sellers, Martha J., b: 1843, d: 1924
Sewell, Dr. Franklin L., b: Jan. 24, 1827, d: July 5, 1905
Shepherd, Walter F. d: Dec 22, 1905; age 65 years
Ann, b: 1840, d: 1922
Slater, Cyras A., d: 1859
Slater, Emily R.
Slater, William
Smith, Dr. Minor T., b: March 25, 1827, d: Dec. 28, 1914
Smith, Laura B., b: Feb. 24, 1851, d: Feb. 16, 1929
Smith, John R., b: 1840, d: 1900
Stilley, Mary E., b: 1842, d: 1925
Storms, Henry W., b: April 3, 1830, d: Dec. 14, 1916
Storms, Louisa, b: Sept. 6, 1848, d: Nov. 8, 1924

Whitehouse, William, d: Sept. 3, 1898; age 76 years, 7 months, 15 days
Maranda W., wife of Wm. Whitehouse, d: Jan. 23, 1897; age 70 years, 1 months, 15 days
Wilson, James M., b: 1845, d: 1907
Wolfe, William K., b: Dec. 20, 1840
Wolfe, Susan A. b: April 16, 1844, d: Jan. 5, 1908
Wright, B. M., b: May 18, 1812
Susan, wife of Bryan Wright, b: June 27, 1829, d: June 24, 1893

Young, David, b: 1830, d: 1901
Young, Elizabeth J., b: 1838, d: 1891

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